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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sports minister Shri Kiren Rijiju & film star Suniel Shetty Call for Drug-Free Sports Culture
Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju andactor Suniel Shetty have called for a clean and drug-free sports culture, urging Khelo India athletes to refrain from any banned substances.During a workshop in Guwahati todayto educate youngsters about the dangers of dope, Suniel Shetty, who is a brand ambassador of the National Anti-Doping Agency shared his own success story to underline the importance of sports in a child’s life. He said "You may make many mistakes in your life but make sure that you don't eat anything which is wrong. Whatever I have achieved in my life, it is purely because of sports”. He said, “I used to practice martial arts and I used to train really hard. I became an actor in my life only because I was an athlete. I still believe that I am a part of sports".
The minister and the star took part in a shootout after a football match to entertain the spectators and to share their message.The Minister assured all athletes that they would be given full support as long as they stay away from banned substances."Everyone in the country can see that the Khelo India Youth Games are being conducted well in Guwahati. Suniel Shetty has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the National Anti-Doping Agency to spread the message of being clean. I would like to tell all coaches and parents that they should ensure that all athletes should refrain from banned drugs. All athletes should stay clean and become champions. We are here to support all the athletes," said Shri Rijiju.
Expressing happiness atthe scale and success of the Khelo India Youth Games, Shetty said,“it was unbelievable that so many youngsters are getting a chance to feel that they are the stars of tomorrow”. He stated that youngsters need to be encouraged and be aware of what it is to represent the country.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Apprenticeship Scheme
The retail, logistics, healthcare and all other sectors have the flexibility in conducting on-the-job  training. Minimum hours of training per week can range from 42 to 48 hours. OJT work timings can also be made flexible by obtaining the prior approval of the concerned Apprenticeship Advisor.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  implements “National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme ” and the Department of Higher Education , Ministry of Education  implements “National Apprenticeship Training Scheme ”. However, both schemes are not overlapping as there is a clear demarcation in target group of beneficiaries. DHE, MoE administers the apprenticeship scheme of freshly passed-out engineering graduates, diploma holders, those students who are studying degree and diploma level courses in sandwich program of engineering, and general stream graduates. MSDE administers apprenticeship program for the rest of the categories of apprentices.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
190.20 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 20,635
Active cases stand at 0.05%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.74%
3,079 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,25,57,495
3,451 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
84.06 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 3,60,613 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Status of Ongoing Highway Projects in the Country
The Minister of State for Road Transport , Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that the 1,837 numbers of projects amounting to Rs. 6,45,199 Crore having length of 61164 km are ongoing for the development of National Highways in the country and they are all being reviewed in regular review meetings which are held in Head Quarter as well as in Regional Offices by Ministry / NHAI / NHIDCL’s Officials, concessionaires /contractors to speed up the construction.
At present, 295 numbers of major projects are expected to get completed by the end of March 2019.
Ministry of Railways
ECoR General Manager Inspected Bhubaneswar New Railway Station
East Coast Railway General Manager Shri Manoj Sharma along with other senior officials inspected the Bhubaneswar New Railway Station, today and reviewed Developmental Works. He also took stock of various developmental activities of Railways in connection with passenger facilities and train operations. Shri Sharma also advised officials for keeping a close coordination with all the agencies including local administration from the grass root level so that on going works will be done at the earliest.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
109.63 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
11,466 new cases in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.25%; Highest since March 2020
11,961 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,37,87,047
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.41%; Lowest since March 2020
India's Active caseload stands at 1,39,683; lowest in 264 days
Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 37 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 2% for last 47 days
61.85 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Ministry of Labour & Employment set up Expert Committees for suggesting standards under the OSH&WC Code, 2020
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions  Code, 2020 has been enacted after amalgamating of thirteen different labour legislations and to simplify the laws regulating the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions in establishments.
The Central Government has constituted Expert Committees comprising of industry and subject experts from both public and private sector across the country to review the existing rules and regulations on safety, health and working conditions standards, pertaining to factories, docks and construction work. The Expert Committees for Factories and Dock Works are constituted under Chairmanship of Dr. R. K. Elangovan, DG, DGFASLI, Mumbai. The other two Expert Committees for the Building & Other Construction Works and the Fire Safety are constituted under Chairmanship of Shri P.L.N. Murthy, VP & Head Domestic Operations, L &T Hydrocarbon, Chennai and Shri D. K. Shami, Fire Advisor to the Government of India, MHA respectively.
The details of existing rules and regulations including reasons for review are given as under:
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Year of framing of Rules and Regulations
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1
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The Factories Rules framed under The Factories Act, 1948
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1950
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113
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The existing standards in form of rules and regulations pertaining to factories, docks and construction works have not been reviewed since their last notification in 1950, 1990 and 1998 respectively and hence there is a pressing need to update them to meet the current requirements due to technological progress and system improvements.
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Dock Workers  Regulations 1990
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1990
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102
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2. To incorporate the advancements and progress made in the field of OSH&WC.
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The Building and Other Construction Workers  Central Rules, 1998
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1998
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196
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3. To meet global standards in OSH&WC.
Shri Santosh Gangwar, Minister of Labour & Employment said “considering the recent spurt in fire accidents at workplaces causing pain and agony to our workers and their families as well as huge losses to the national economy, a separate committee on fire safety standards has been formed so as to have a comprehensive and holistic approach for fire safety provisions presently provided under the above mentioned Rules and Regulations as well as to align the same with National Building Code, 2016.”
Shri Gangwar further stressed that this process will pave the way for establishing uniform and updated standards of safety and health of workers throughout the country by regulatory compliances with pro-active participation of the stakeholders, and will result in conducive environment for enhancing the efficiency of workers in the establishments and will provide win-win environment to all stakeholders & productivity will increase multifold.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
India extends full support to the UK for a successful COP26 to be held in Glasgow in November.
India believes that Climate actions must be nationally determined: Shri Bhupender Yadav
The world needs higher concrete actions in terms of climate finance and technology transfer by the developed countries.
 Framework and its Paris Agreement, and will work constructively for successful and balanced outcome at COP26, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change,Shri Bhupender Yadav extended India’s full support to the UK for COP26 to be held in Glasgow in November this year.
The Environment Minister had a detailed meeting with Mr. Alok Sharma , COP26 President-Designate, UK in New Delhi today wherein they discussed issues relating to climate change, COP26, India-UK 2030 Roadmap, and other related matters.
“India believes that Climate actions must be nationally determined and strongly advocates that the differentiation and operationalization of flexibility provided in the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement for developing countries should be at the core of decision-making” emphasized Shri Yadav reiterating Prime Minister,Shri Narendra Modi’s focus on climate justice while fighting climate change.
The Environment Minister also mentioned about the global initiatives spearheaded by India under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for tackling climate change viz. Leadership Group for Industry Transition , Coalition on Coalition Disaster Resilient Infrastructure  and International Solar Alliance .
COP26 President-Designate, UK, Alok Sharma sought the support of India on the COP 26 Initiatives launched by the UK and for a successful COP at Glasgow and acknowledged India’s leadership role. Both the leaders also exchanged views on important climate negotiation agenda items to be deliberated in the upcoming COP26 at Glasgow.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Home Ministry exempts Sikh women from wearing helmet in Chandigarh
The Union Home Ministry has advised the Chandigarh Administration to follow the notification issued by Delhi Government giving an exemption to Sikh women from wearing protective headgear  while driving two wheelers in UT Chandigarh.
This is in response to the representation received by to the Union Home Minister from representatives of Sikh bodies.
The Department of Transport, Delhi Government, vide its notification issued on 04th June 1999, carried out the amendment in Rule 115 of Delhi Motor Vehicle Act 1993, making it optional for women “whether riding on pillion or driving motorcycle to wear a protective headgear.”
The Rule was further amended, vide notification dated 28th August 2014 as “ in the Delhi Motor Vehicle Rule 1993, in Sub-Rule 115 for the word “Women” the word “Sikh Women” shall be submitted.
Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in Uttar Pradesh
The Income Tax Department carried out a search operation on 03.08.2022 on a Jhansi based group, engaged in the business of civil contract and real estate development. The search operation covered around 30 premises located in Jhansi, Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur and Goa.
During the course of the search operation, several incriminating evidences have been found and seized including documentary evidence of several immovable properties of various third parties.
The preliminary analysis of evidences in the business of civil contract has revealed that the group was engaged in large scale tax evasion by suppression of its profits through manipulating the regular books of account at the end of every year. These manipulations were in the nature of claim of bogus expenses and bogus sundry creditors, etc. These sundry creditors were found to be non-existent and unverifiable. The claim of bogus expenses and bogus sundry creditors exceeding Rs. 250 crore has been quantified from the seized evidences. The key person covered during the search has also voluntarily offered additional income exceeding Rs. 150 crore, out of the above.
Another modus operandi adopted by the companies engaged in real estate, included receipt of on-money over and above the stamp duty value resulting in tax evasion. Further, these companies were not offering income to tax as per accounting standards, even when substantial construction work had been completed. So far, the investigation from evidences collected during the search has revealed the quantum of unaccounted receipts aggregating to more than Rs. 150 crore.
The search operation has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash and jewellery exceeding Rs. 15 crore, for the present.
Further investigations are in progress.
Ministry of Coal
Minister Pralhad Joshi reviews construction of NUPPL Thermal Power Plant
Directs to fast-track completion of the Project
Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi, visited Ghatampur- based Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited ,NUPPL, today and held a review meeting with the officials. Coal Secretary Shri Amrit Lal Meena accompanied the minister and assessed progress of the project.
NUPPL, a coal based super critical Thermal Power Plant is a joint venture of Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited  and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited . The Union Minister also planted saplings in the NUPPL premises.
The Minister Shri Pralhad Joshi said that all the equipment and machinery in such a big plant have been manufactured under Make in India. He told that 85 per cent work has been done so far, and work is going on in the remaining three departments of the plant. In which the work of boiler and turbine is almost completed. The Union Minister said that for the purpose of inaugurating the first unit in July, the CMD Neyveli Lignite has been directed to submit a detailed review report in every 15 days.
Shri Pralhad Joshi further added that the work of railway line, water supply has also been completed. He said that power is a very important requirement for development. Before 2012-13, power supply was least satisfactory in many states including Uttar Pradesh.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Good Nutrition Boosts Immunity against Covid 19 Opine Health Experts
Kolkata, September 6, 2020
The Regional Outreach Bureau , Siliguri under the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting organized a webinar on the theme of “POSHAN ABHIYAN” on September 6 , 2020 . The programme was organized in close co-ordination with ICDS department Govt. of West Bengal and the District Tuberculosis department Govt. of West Bengal.
Dr. Debjani Basu, District Tuberculosis Officer, addressed the webinar on the subject of “Poshan during the Covid-19 Pandemic” period. She stressed the importance of good nutrition and made a short presentation explaining how it could boost immunity at the present times. However, she expressed the fact that though good nutrition boosts immunity, there is a need to follow other preventive measures like avoiding close contact, closed spaces and crowded places.
Shri Rajkumar Modi, the Child Development and Project Officer, ICDS, Siliguri Urban, addressed the subject of “Poshan to mothers and children and the role of ICDS on the Poshan Mission of the Government. He threw light on the theme of this year Poshan Maah-“Eat right with every bite”. He said that ICDS involves the adolescence girls and mothers as well as only a healthy mother can give birth to a healthy child.
The ADG PIB West Bengal Ms. Jane Namchu in her welcome address explained the importance of carrying the right message on the right Poshan to all in the community again and again.
On the second session of the webinar, a question and answer round was also held in which a large number of ICDS workers, NGOs Officials of the region participated.
The programme was closed with closing remarks of Sri Prem Sherpa, TA Field Outreach Bureau, Jalpaiguri. The Poshan Maah is observed in the month of September in the country.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to organize Hariyali Mahotsav
Commemorating the 75th year of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”, this year, “Hariyali Mahotsav” is being celebrated by MoEF&CC at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi tomorrow. The Mahotsav is being organized to create awareness about the importance of trees and green cover to protect our environment against air pollution and global warming. Trees and forests play a very crucial role in maintaining an ecological balance and contribute to the environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil, and supporting wildlife.
This Mahotsav marks the endeavor to plant saplings in order to invest towards building a secure future for future generations to come.
The event symbolizes a unison of nation coming forward and engaging in mass plantation drives at various levels to increase the green cover of the country with the help of mass media, civil societies, schools and colleges.
The programme involves planation activities at 75 Nagar Vans, 75 km of road length around 75 Police establishments, in 75 schools of Delhi and 75 degraded sites across the country. The event is being held in the august presence of Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon’ble Minister EF&CC, Labour and Employment, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Hon’ble MoS, EF&CC. Ms. Leena Nandan, Secretary, MoEF&CC and Shri C. P. Goyal, DGF&SS, MoEF&CC and other senior officers of MoEF&CC will also participate in the event. The children from various schools of Delhi and other stakeholders would also be joining the celebrations. The event will kick off with a Nukkad natak on the importance of trees in our lives. The programme shall culminate with a concert by Grammy award winner, Indian music composer and environmentalist, Ricky Kej.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Cabinet approves the Patent Prosecution Highway programme
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for adoption of Patent Prosecution Highway  programme by the Indian Patent Office  under the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, India  with patent offices of various other interest countries or regions.
The said programme will initially commence between Japan Patent Office  and Indian Patent Office on pilot basis for a period of three years only. Under this Pilot programme, Indian Patent Office may receive patent applications n certain specified technical fields only, namely, Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Physics, Civil, Mechanical, Textiles, Automobiles and Metallurgy while JPO may receive applications in all fields of technology.
PPH programme would lead to the following benefits for the Indian IP office:
- Reduction in time to dispose patent applications.
- Reduction in pendency of patent applications.
- Improvement in quality of search and examination of patent applications.
- An opportunity for Indian inventors including MSMEs and Start ups of India to get accelerated examination of their patent applications in Japan.
The ambit of the programme may be extended in future, as decided by the Commerce & Industry Minister. The patent offices will frame their own guidelines for implementation of the programme.
Ministry of Defence
NSTL - ACADEMIA MEET  @ NSTL on 19.01.2019
Naval Science & Technological Laboratory  organized the NSTL – Academia Meet  at Mohapatra Manasi Auditorium, NSTL on 19th January 2019. With the theme “Artificial Intelligence for Naval Systems”, NAM 2019 provided the ideal platform for deliberation and discussion on the topic of Artificial Intelligence  and its application to defence systems, with specific emphasis on naval systems. A galaxy of researchers and faculty from 18 Universities, technologists and system developers of six labs of the DRDO - NSTL, NMRL, CAIR, NPOL, DMRL & DEAL actively participated in the meet and exchanged views and ideas in the exciting area of research - AI.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr OR Nandagopan, Outstanding Scientist and Director NSTL described the academic institutes as fountainheads of innovation, and expressed hope that NAM 2019 would help bridge the gap between academia and R&D institutes and bring out a roadmap for futuristic research in respect of AI-enabled naval systems.
The Distinguished Guest at NAM 2019, Dr Samir V Kamath, Distinguished Scientist and Director General , DRDO, recalled the contributions of academia the world over in fostering a spirit of enquiry and harnessing innovation and creativity to meet social and technological needs of the society at large. He opined that AI would play a major role in the battlefield of the future, and hoped that the participants would benefit immensely from the interaction.
The Chief Guest Prof G Nageswara Rao, Vice Chancellor of Andhra University commended the initiative, calling it ‘timely and apt’, and exhorted researchers to give their creative best towards development of ‘best in class naval systems’. The Keynote Address was delivered by Dr Anil Kumar Agarwal, Director ER & IPR, DRDO, followed by expert talks on various topics of contemporary and futuristic relevance by Technology Directors of NSTL, and Professors from Universities. Shri G Ravi Kumar, Technology Director NSTL and Chairman NAM 2019, a large number of researchers, scientists and academicians participated in NAM 2019.
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